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Hawaii Five-0 in Books

Reference

Allen, Robert C. Creating Hawaiian Tourism: A Memoir. Honolulu: Bess Press, 2004, pp. 163-166.

Beisen, Sherri Chinen. Global Narrative and Exile Culture in Hawaii Five-0 in The Historian, Television and Television History (Graham Roberts and Philip M. Taylor, eds). University of Luton (UK) Press, 2001, pp. 77-94.

Hollar, Cheryl. A Fans' Guide to Hawaii Five-0. Sheffield, UK: Tomahawk Press, 2017.

Lynch, Sylvia. Jack Lord: An Acting Life. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2018.

Meyers, Ric. Murder on the Air: Television's Great Mystery Series. New York: The Mysterious Press, 1989, pp. 131-152.

Moore, Barbara, et al. Prime-Time Television: A Concise History. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2006, pp. 150-152, 154, 155, 198, 201.

Rhodes, Karen. Booking Hawaii Five-0: An Episode Guide and Critical History of the 1968-1980 Television Detective Series. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011.

Sabin, Roger, et al. Cop Shows: A Critical History of Police Dramas on Television. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015, pp. 6, 66-73, 83.

Wilson, Rob. Reimagining the American Pacific: From South Pacific to Bamboo Ridge and Beyond. Durham: Duke University Press, 2000, pp. x-xi, 240.

Fiction

Avallone, Michael. Hawaii Five-0. Calcutta, West Bengal, India: Signet, 1968.

Avallone, Michael. Hawaii Five-0: Terror in the Sun. Calcutta, West Bengal, India: Signet, 1969.

Bowen, Robert Sidney. Hawaii Five-0. Atlanta, GA: Whitman, 1969.

Bristol, Lee Hastings, Jr. Hawaii Five-0: Top Secret. Atlanta, GA: Whitman, 1969.

Ellis, Leo. Hawaii Five-0: The Octopus Caper. Atlanta, GA: Whitman, 1971.

Harris, Herbert. Hawaii Five-0: Angry Battalion. Top Sellers, Limited, 1972. Re-released by Star, 1976.

Harris, Herbert. Hawaii Five-0: Serpents in Paradise. Flamingo, 1972.

Penguin Books Staff. Hawaii Five-0. New York: Penguin Books Group, 1968.

Referenced in the works of others:

Mahalo nui loa to TSedinger for letting us know that, in Tana French's new thriller, Faithful Place (Chapter 6, pp. 85-86), the main character, Frank Mackey, is describing the difference between the arrival of an undercover squad and a murder squad at a crime scene. French writes,

"...we do love watching the Murder boys [making] their entrances. These two swung around the corner in an unmarked silver BMW that didn't need markings, braked hard, left the car at a dramatic angle, slammed doors in sync--they had probably been practicing--and swaggered off towards Number 16 with the music from Hawaii Five-0 blasting through their heads in full surround sound."

Steve's Girl reports that Hawaii Five-0 is mentioned in Lee Goldberg's novel, Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii. Mr. Goldberg writes,

"[Mr. Monk] led a Hawaii Five-0 singalong with everybody making up their own lyrics to the theme." (page 29)

"I couldn't look at the Waikiki shoreline without thinking of that shot from the Hawaii Five-0 main titles, the camera zooming up [to] the rooftop of a hotel tower to find Jack Lord standing there, grim faced and stoic in his blue suit." (page 30)

Former Honolulu Star Bulletin columnist, Charley Memminger wrote in his novel, Aloha, Lady Blue (Minotaur Books, 2013),

On pages 53-54, when Stryker McBride goes to see Dr. McCall, the medical examiner, about the cause of death of Wai Lo Fat:

Dr. McCall: You can drown in six inches of water. Especially if you aren't very mobile or ambulatory.

McBride: What kind of water was it?

Dr. McCall: Ah! So you are going after a Hawaii Five-0 scenario here, huh Stryker?

On page 68, when McBride goes to the building permits office in downtown Honolulu:

"It's also next to 'Iolani Palace, which had been the only royal palace on U.S. soil, but was better known to fans of Hawaii Five-0 as the location of Steve McGarrett's corner office."

On page 97, when McBride is followed by a criminal in a SUV:

"When [the criminal] got out of the driver's side and two more young Chinese men emerged from the bowels of the SUV like bad guys in a Hawaii Five-0 episode, I figured I had figured incorrectly. These guys looked like they were open for business."

On page 113, when Stryker McBride gets a message on his telephone answering machine which seems odd to him:

"It seemed odd. Meeting on the Honolulu waterfront at night was a bit too Hawaii

Five-0 for me, but I figured she had a reason for doing it."

In his poem, "There is This Gal," published in The Right Path Taken (iUniverse, 2009, p. 68), Terry Lawrence writes,

Position slouch, upon the couch, at night and never bored,
for on the tube, to watch the dude, the one they call Jack Lord.
With lots of class, he's kicking ass, epitome of mano.
Solves the crime, just in time, to "Book 'em" by his Dano.

In his book, Golf Shorts and Plus Fours (iUniverse, 2012, p. 77), Wayne T. Morden writes,

My friend Ian even had the opportunity to meet James MacArthur... You would know him better as playing the character Danny Williams, as in "Book 'em, Danno" from Hawaii Five-0. Jack Lord, better known as Steve McGarrett and his slick hair, was not in sight, but John Glenn, John Havlicek, and Bobby Knight were joining him in the private dining room.

In his novel, Honolulu Hotel (Mariner Books, 2001; reprint 2002, p. 21), Paul Theroux writes,

Now and then Buddy showed up to discuss a hotel matter. One day it was to find a way of getting the old TV actor Jack Lord into the hotel once a week ("free food and beverage") so that Madam Ma, our resident journalist, could mention this fact in her newspaper column. People might visit just to be in the same room with the former star of Hawaii-Five-O. But Lord, a reclusive sort, refused to show.

In his novel, Drop Shot (Random House, 2007, pgs. 38-39), Harlan Coben writes about Myron, an agent for tennis stars, and the security guard he encountered. He described the security guard as "...a man wearing a blue blazer and aviator sunglasses...a big guy -- six-four; two-twenty... His neatly combed hair sat above a pleasant though unyielding face." Here's how the meeting went:

His voice said, "Can I help you, sir?" But his tone said, Take a hike, bub.

Myron looked at him. "Anyone ever tell you you look like Jack Lord?"

No reaction.

"You know," Myron said. "Jack Lord? Hawaii Five-0?"

"I'll have to ask you to leave, sir."

"It's not an insult. Many people find Jack Lord very attractive."

"Sir, this is the last time I'm going to ask nicely."

Myron studied his face. "You even have that Jack Lord surly grin. Remember it?" Myron imitated the grin for him, in case he'd never seen the show.

The face twitched. "Okay, buddy, you're out of here."

In Laureen Kwock's short story, "Old Flame" (Sunset Inn: Tales from the North Shore, Aloha Romance Writers, 2012), Jack is mentioned several times. On page 153, Ms. Kwock writes,

"When she was in her twenties and quite beautiful, Darlene got a role in Hawaii Five-0. This was on the original show with Jack Lord, not the remake with Alex and Scott. She didn't have any scenes with Jack. Most of her scenes were with the guest star, who flew in from the West Coast for the week's shoot."

Also, on page 153, she writes,

"At her audition they asked if she could ride a horse and she'd said yes. Jack Lord, of course, the former hero of Stoney Burke, could ride a horse in his sleep."

At the end of the story, on page 154, Ms. Kwock writes,

"They'd turned Jack Lord into a statue at the Kahala Mall he frequented, but Darlene was okay."